Another group of Minnesota Guard troops heads for home

This from the Minnesota National Guard: the next group of approximately 200 soldiers are scheduled to arrive at 2 p.m. Sunday from a one-year tour of duty in Iraq. Since May 2009, about 1,000 members of the 34th Infantry Division (34th ID) provided command and control of military forces in the southern third of Iraq. Headquartered at Contingency Operating Base Basra, the 34th Infantry Division led a force of approximately 14,000 U.S. service members throughout nine of Iraq's 18 provinces. The soldiers are returning to three armories, all around 3 p.m. 100 soldiers Rosemount National Guard Armory 13865 South Robert Trail Rosemount, 50 soldiers Inver Grove Heights National Guard Armory 8076 Babcock Trail Inver Grove Heights 60 soldiers Stillwater National Guard Armory 107 E. Chestnut Street Stillwater